High Summer

By the mansion on the hillside Red sports car comes driving down the road And pulls up into the driveway And a story does unfold She's standing by the rhododendrons Where the roses are in bloom Looking out at the Atlantic ocean And in her head she hums this tune Thank God the dark nights are drawing in again 'Cos high summer has got me down I'll wait till the end of August And get off this merry-go-round And they shut him out of paradise Called him Lucifer and frowned She took pride in what God made him Even before the angels shot him down to the ground